diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/tasks/bundling/BootBuildImage.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/tasks/bundling/BootBuildImage.java
index 0259b14507..7aa6c2c7a5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/tasks/bundling/BootBuildImage.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/tasks/bundling/BootBuildImage.java
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ public class BootBuildImage extends DefaultTask {
 		this.targetJavaVersion = getProject().getObjects().property(JavaVersion.class);
 		this.projectName = getProject().getName();
 		this.projectVersion = getProject().getObjects().property(String.class);
-		this.projectVersion.set(getProject().provider(() -> getProject().getVersion().toString()));
+		Project project = getProject();
+		this.projectVersion.set(getProject().provider(() -> project.getVersion().toString()));
 	}
 
 	/**